British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, this subscription magazine bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.
305 Wild about Asparagus
Tim Rich, Lucy Cordrey, Andy Jones and Simon Leach
312 Through a naturalist's eyes
Robert Burton
313 Comment: Web-based natural-history recording
Roger Morris
318 Habitat management news
Compiled by Conservation Management Advice, RSPB
320 Flies of exposed riverine sediments
C Martin Drake, Stephen M Hewitt and Andy Godfrey
326 Comment: ‘Good Ecological Status’ of inland waterbodies – fencing of riverbanks is not ‘good for biodiversity’
Keith Alexander, Garth Foster and Neil Sanderson
333 Letter from the far West Coast
Michael Viney
334 The importance of open-grown trees – from acorn to ancient
Ted Green
339 Ghosts in our grasslands. Lessons from abroad – a look at the management of grasslands in Transylvania
Andrew Jones
345 Wildlife reports
Compiled by Andrew Branson
367 Conservation news
Compiled by Sue Everett
373 Twitcher in the swamp
Peter Marren
374 Book reviews
377 Letters